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G. E. MICHAUD GAR COUPLING. No. 346,936. Patented Aug. 10, 18

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UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EDOUARD MIOHAUD, OF ST. MICHEL DYAMASKA, QUEBEQ,

CANADA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,936, dated August 10, 1886.

Application filed May 13, 1886. Serial No. 202,123. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES EDOUARD MIOHAUD, of St. Michel dYamaska, in the from the side or the top of the car, means being provided for properly guiding the coupling-link, the ordinary link now in common use being employed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the end of a car having my improved coupling attached, and showing the link coupled. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the draw-head, showing the link coupled and the link'guide in operation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the drawhead ready to receive the link.

A is the car fitted with a draw-bar, B, having a draw-head, O, capable of being coupled by an ordinary coupling-pin, D, and link E. The draw-head is hollow, and the lower edge is raised above the rear part of the cavity to form an edge, 0, acting as a support for the link E, so that the projecting end may be raised by depressing the innerend,as shown in Fig. 2.

Means are provided for raising the pin D either from the side or the top of the car,and for lifting it as nearly as may be in a vertical line. For this purpose the draw-bar is pro vided with a rearwardly-projecting arm or bracket, F, to the rear end of which is pivoted a long lever, G, situated by the side of the draw-head,and bent upward in front to form a vertical limb, g, which has a bend, g, at the top, passing through an eye in the head of the coupling-pin D. The object is to have the arm G as long as possible, in'order that the limb 9 may practically move in' a straight line, although in reality the line it describes is part ofa circle. This arm G is connected by a rod, h, to a lever, H, on arocking shaft, H, which is journaled to the rear of the car, and

provided at each end with a lever-arm, H, and by a rod, h, to a bell-crank lever, H, pivoted near the top of the car. The vertical limb g of the arm G is provided at the rear with a catch, y. adapted to rest upon a longitudinal slide, 1, carried in bearings t on the side of the draw-head O, and pressed forward by a spring, If, to project beyond the face of the draw-head, and provided with alaterallyprojecting shoulder adapted to carry the catch '9'. The face of the draw-head C is made broader on the side opposite to that on which the slide l is carried, so as to form a flange or extended face, 0, to insure the head coming in contact with the projecting end of the slide I. The catch 9' on the vertical limb is situated near the lower end, so as to keep the coupling pin D raised and out of the way of the entering link.

J is the link-guide. It consists of a fork having three prongs, jj j, two of which enter the draw-head by suitable perforations from the top, immediately behind the coupling-pin, the lower ends of the same being adapted to come into contact with the inner end of the link and depressthe same, tilting it upon the ridge 0, so as to raise the outer end. The prong j passes down by the side of the draw head through aguide, j, and its end is bent at a right angle, so as to bear against a spring, K, which keeps the fork raised. The upper end of the fork has a straight back, to afforda suitable bearing for afinger, Z, forming part of a lever, L, pivoted to the rear of the car, the finger Z being also engaged by the lower end of a rod, M, reaching to the top of the car,and

carried at the rear of it in a suitable bearing 7 near the top 5 or the finger Z may be fast. to the rod M and the lever L suitably connected thereto. For platform-cars the rod M would be entirely dispensed with.

It will be seen that the couplingpin may be lifted. from either side of the car (by the levers H) or from the top, (by the lever H,) and that the link-guide may be operated from'the top of the car (by the rod M) or from the side of the car, (by the lever L.)

The device operates as follows: For coupling, the link E is inserted and coupled in one of the two adjacent draw-heads, as shown in Fig. 1. If the projecting end of the link is too low for V entering the mouth of the opposite draw-head, the link-guide I is pressed down, either by pressing down the rod M or by pull-' ing the lever L outward, the inner end of the 5 link being thereby depressed and tilted upon.

the ridge and the free end raised, as shown in Fig. 2. The adjacent draw-head which is to be coupled must have first had the couplingpin D raised by pulling down one of the hanro dles H or pulling back the lever 11', thereby lifting the free end of the arm G until the catch 9 on the vertical limb g has passed and engaged the shoulder on the slide I, which will keep the limb up, and with it the pin D, as I shown in Fig. 3a preparation which will have been performed previously by uncoupling the car. The two drawheads now coming in contact, the face a will strike the projecting end of the slide I, thereby pushing it back and the 2c shoulder out of engagement with the catch thereby allowing the limb g and the pin D to drop and secure the link E in the head 0.

I I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the draw-head C, 2 5 ridge 0, extended face c,coupliug pin D,rbracket F, long arm G, vertical limb g, catch g, curved end 9, rocking shaft H H H, rods h h, lever H, slide I, spring 1, guide J, spring K, lever L, and rod M. e 2. The combination of the draw head 0,

ridge 0, extended face 0', coupling-pin D, bracket'F, long arm G, vertical limb g, catch curved end 9, rocking shaft H H H, rod h, slide I, spring I, guide J, spring K, and lever L L. Y

3. The combination of the draw -head 0, ridge 0, extended face a, pin D, bracket F, arm G g g y, and slide I 1.

4. The combination of the rocking shaft H H H", rods h h, lever 11, and arm G. 0

5. The combination of the draw-head C,

ridge 0, extended face 0, and slide I I. I

6. The combination of the draw-head G, ridge 0, fork J, prongs j j j, bent end 9'', spring K, lever LL, and rod M. 4 5

7. The combination of the draw -head 0, ridge 0, link D, fork J, prongsjjj, and suitable operating devices.

8. The combination of the draw-head C, bracket- F, arm G, limb g, catch 9, bend g",and pin D,all substantially as shown and described, and as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at St. Michel dYamaska, Province of Quebec, Canada, this 27th day of April, A. 4

0. E. MICHAUD. \Vitnesses:

L. W. LAFLEUR, E. TURCOTTE. 

